Hello we are back from a holiday weekend and the Office of Management and Budget is still trying to make sure federal grants can be withdrawn at any time, for any reason. There's still time to stop it. www.theverge.com/science/9576...

I double dog dare u, Maine

New from me: The Chief Design Officer of the United States, Trump's pick to rebrand the US government, just boosted the John Birch Society twice in recent days. He did so to claim immigrants are driving up housing prices. He is also a founder of AirBNB. 🧵 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/trumps-chi...

Now presenting 24/7 soccer fields in the city that never sleeps. Find your next late-night game at nycopenplay.com.

It’s been six months since the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti. Here is how the federal government has stonewalled investigations, and how Minnesota law enforcement is attempting to push for accountability anyway

Reminder: we are war crime-ing Cuba right now because Trump and Rubio want to collapse their government. Not a major part of the media discourse but it should be.

“I did believe the election was stolen and the rioters were patriots - until I turned off Fox News.”

Abbott Laboratories donated $500,000 to Trump’s inauguration fund. Trump bought around $500,000 worth of shares in Abbott stock last year. His DOJ just dropped a years-long criminal investigation into Abbott for potential deadly misconduct. Everything is for sale.

I’m proud to have joined over 1,000 other former Department of Justice attorneys and officials in signing this letter urging the Senate not to confirm Todd Blanche for Attorney General. www.politico.com/f/?id=000001...

Where’s Mitch?

Before the whitewash comes in, a reminder that because of Mitch Mconnell American women are dying and bleeding out because they were denied abortion care. Because of McConnell the Russians were free to interfere in our elections. Because of Mitch billionaires are coddled while kids get screwed over.

Why can’t someone just find out if Mitch McConnell is dead? They have to use his death to steal another senate seat? Can’t someone go to the hospital? Where is TMZ when you need them?

A stronger "HR lady" element in Dem politics would've nuked Platner sooner but instead a bunch of credulous & insecure dolts with podcasts & substacks just had to let their masculinity issues give Dems a candidate who imploded less than a month after winning the primary.

JUST IN: Judge Sullivan has ordered me to respond, on or before July 13th, to Todd Blanche's "I'm not turning anything over" move from last week in my lawsuit over the Epstein Files. Then, Blanche has until July 20th to reply to what I file.

I have edited a lot of sexual-assault-accusation articles, and this one easily clears every veracity check: contemporaneous emails with her therapist, a boyfriend who knew, a woman she warned—all before Platner ran for office. Good on Politico for nailing it, and on Jenny Racicot for speaking up.

BREAKING: in June 2026, *every single one* of the 1,062 refugees admitted in the U.S. were white South Africans. In FY 2026, the U.S. has admitted a total of 7,727 white South Africans, three Afghans (back in November), and nobody else. For reference, the U.S. admitted 100,060 refugees in 2024.

The Houston Chronicle, largest newspaper in Houston endorse James Talarico! 👏 Writing, “Texans deserve better than Ken Paxton’s moral rot’… Paxton’s documented deeds prove he’s a man of low character, lacking integrity. An extremely very poor candidate for an even more powerful political office.

How the new info op works.

If you think the USG is not backing the efforts to stage renewed attempts like this (including in Ireland), Pete Hoekstra has just disabused you of that.

Reupping this: I am serious. Use Trump's tampering to make a problem for him on inauguration. Find a way to force Markwayne to answer questions about birthrate citizenship. Rile Mike Davis up. Plant someone to ask Stephen if he's resigning.

The Trump administration is scrapping more than three dozen firearms regulations, abandoning a crackdown on illegal sales, restoring gun rights to some people with mental illness and loosening oversight of private weapons transactions. nyti.ms/4aALj0u

The Trump admin is doubling down on its intention to destroy American science. Scientific expertise – not politicians – should be in charge of our science. We need everyone in this fight. Take action against the OMB proposal here:  zurl.co/k2Cj5 Article: zurl.co/F5zCu

"In nearly every state, the official humanities nonprofits created by a congress to help make history and literature accessible to all Americans had to give up their 250th anniversary planning when DOGE pulled their federal funding..." www.notus.org/agencies/dog...

He stood by his oath, despite the consequences! A true patriot!

Since apparently this isn't making it beyond UK news yet, Rockstar petitioned a British court to section an 18 year old autistic kid under the mental health act for hacking their server and leaking a short GTA 6 clip a couple of years ago. No trial, no term of sentence, just locked up in hospital.

It continues to be insane, the stuff newspapers give Trump agency over and the stuff where they bury consequences of his own actions starting in ¶19. www.wsj.com/politics/mid...

Americans have fought to defend the freedom to vote. Every voter deserves to have their voice heard, and every state deserves to administer its elections free from unlawful federal intrusion. We cannot allow that right to be undermined by Donald Trump. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Donald Trump's corruption is allowing him to do what he never achieved in his business career. He's finally making a profit.

His Pay Should Be Docked! That’s what happens to the Average American Worker who Most Likely Loses their Job…..

Gov. Beshear should demand proof of life. If his state has lost a senator, its people deserve to know and deserve a replacement. The seat doesn‘t belong to the Republican Party.

PASTOR LORAN LIVINGSTON (@CentralChurchNC): “There has never been a Christian nation, and never will be. You don’t live in one now. A Christian nation wouldn’t have killed and displaced 20 million Native Americans, or thought owning slaves was pleasing to God.”

Joseph Weizenbaum's 1976 book, Computer Power and Human Reason, has long been out of print - used copies sell for hundreds of dollars. It's wild that this is not more widely available given how much his ideas still apply to the world we're in now. 🧵/

In case there was ever any doubt about why Musk wanted to integrate Grok into Twitter, or why the current administration is eager to pressure AI companies over alleged liberal bias

So you are telling humans literate in history, culture, arts, and writing are better at conceiving ideas than people getting all their ideas from the same box that also drives them insane?

There's a ¶ from @michaelscherer.bsky.social's report on the America 250/Freedom 250 split that deserves far more attention. The bipartisan effort emphasized the celebration was about all Americans. The grift emphasized Trump's arch celebrating himself. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

There’s no difference between men marching in white masks and men marching in white hoods. None.

Or better yet, "Trump is getting rich by defrauding his supporters."

Good to know!

If this is true -- a very big if -- it is surely how McConnell would have wanted to go: exploiting the timing of the death of major figures (Scalia, RBG) for cynical partisan gain.

glad congress isn’t alive to see this

Because you’re lying

A $3 @mta.info subway fare and some good Q train timing can buy you one hell of a view of the July 4th fireworks and the Brooklyn Bridge light show! Huge shoutout to the train operator for slow rolling over the Manhattan Bridge and the conductor for announcing it.

“.. Members of the group Patriot Front ride the metro on the 250th anniversary of U.S. independence in Washington, D.C.” @reuters.com

Trump uses the pardon power to normalize fraud and corruption. He wants us to believe that if everyone is corrupt, then who cares if he is corrupt, too. It’s just politics. It doesn’t have to be this way. www.yahoo.com/news/politic...

They arrested a guy for touching the reflecting pool but not the cops who killed two protesters.

"In every stage of these Oppressions We have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble terms: Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people."

100 years ago.